It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Massaponax can now relate to. They fell 39-27 to the Briar Woods Falcons on Friday. While the Panthers had to settle for second, they closed the game well in the third quarter, where they outscored the Falcons 13-6.
Despite the loss, Massaponax still got an impressive performance from Gabriel Newby-Morris, who rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns on only 13 carries, and also threw for 87 yards and a touchdown. Those 171 rushing yards gave Newby-Morris a new career-high.
Even though they lost, Massaponax was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 254 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 254 rushing yards in four consecutive games.
Briar Woods had a senior duo take command as Brady Carmical threw for 286 yards and four touchdowns on only 19 passes and Colin Capistrant picked up 199 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Capistrant's longest reception was for an impressive 68 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per catch total.
Massaponax's defeat dropped their record down to 2-10. As for Briar Woods, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.
Massaponax does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Briar Woods, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 32-15 win against Riverbend on the 29th.
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